Taehoon Oh

Taehoon Oh
Born	오태훈 Seoul, South Korea
Title	Game Designer, COO at Studio Roqovan

Taehoon Oh is a computer graphic specialist, game designer and developer. He is a co-founder and COO at Studio Roqovan, formerly known as Reload Studios. ^{[1] [2]} He was a lead artist and was one of the pioneer developers of the Call of Duty game franchise.^{[ citation needed ]} He is also one of the co-founders of the non-gaming virtual reality subdivision of Studio Roqovan called Rascali, launched in September 2015. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Oh is the owner of Stunt Corgi & serves as chief operating officer at Reload Studios, which he founded in 2014 with James Chung and later renamed as Studio Roqovan. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} There, in 2016, he developed a new game, World War Toons, a first-person multiplayer shooter game compatible with 3D VR (Virtual Reality) and PSVR. ^{[9] [10]}

While working for Infinity Ward (the original COD developers) from 2004 to 2014, ^[11] Taehoon as a senior and lead artist designed over 50 vehicles and 100 weapons used in Call of duty’s different versions including Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call Of Duty Ghost. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

In 2007, he won the global game art competition for the game Dominance War, ^{[15] [16]} and he served as a judge in various gaming competitions. ^{[17] [18]}

Early life

Oh's early education took place in South Korea. His gaming interest was developed when his father bought him an Apple II personal computer. ^[11]

Awards

World Champion of global games art competition held in 2007 for the game Dominance war. ^[15]

References

1. "Call of Duty talent forms Reload Studios". GamesIndustry.biz . 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. Al-Obaidi, Zeena. "World War Toons Devs Reload Studios Rebrand as Studio Roqovan, Inc".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "World War Toons Dev Launches New VR Lab, Working with WoofbertVR". VRFocus.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
4. "Co-founder Rascalli". roqovan.com.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "stuntcorgi.xyz – Your Ultimate Place to Buy Virtual Reality Headset". 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. Moriarty, Colin (14 July 2014). "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Found Brand New Studio". IGN. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
7. "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Discuss Making New Multiplayer Virtual Reality Shooter". GameSpot. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
8. "Former Call of Duty Devs Create New Studio Reload to Make VR Games". GameSpot. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
9. "World War Toons". Playstation. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
10. "Hands on with Reload Studios' new VR FPS, World War Toons – UploadVR". UploadVR. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
11. "Reload Studios' Taehoon Oh: From Call of Duty to Virtual Reality – The Korea Times". www.koreatimesus.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
12. "Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Weapons And Vehicles by Taehoon Oh". Game Art Hub. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
13. "TaeHoon Oh (Person) – Giant Bomb". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
14. "Call Of Duty Ghosts Vehicles And Weapon Art by Taehoon Oh". zworks.net. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
15. "Dominance War – Homepage". www.dominancewar.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
16. "BIGUN, by Taehoon Oh". Digital Art Masters. 3: 241–243. 6 February 2017.
17. "Honorary Judges | Moviefest" . Retrieved 23 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
18. "Extreme Makeovers | GameArtisans.org". GameArtisans.org. Retrieved 23 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Taehoon Oh webpage Archived 26 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Interview Taehoon Oh on KBS
• Call of Duty official webpage